The Riyadh format – due to the fact that it seems that a series of meetings concerning peace in the Russian-Ukrainian war will come to past – begins to match a series of disastrous Western decisions towards Ukraine in Normandy and Minsk. The gathering of the “great four”: France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia as part of the alleged Normandy format, as well as the alleged Minsk protocols with participation of Belarus in 2014-2015, was referred to in the media as a peaceful breakthrough. In fact, they were a deafening blow to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The "climate" of talks resembled the Munich Conference of September 1938, erstwhile Czechoslovakia was forced to soften the attitude and the sanctioning of its partitions was intended to halt the outbreak of a large war in Europe. As we know, the unfortunate Munich only accelerated it.
